Portrait of an American Singer - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Portrait of an American Singer

Compilation by Tennessee Ernie Ford

Released 10 July 2015

Tracklist

CD 1
1
I’ve Got the Milk ’em in the Morning Blues
2:22
2
Tennessee Border
2:24
3
Philadelphia Lawyer
3:22
4
Country Junction
2:21
5
Smokey Mountain Boogie
2:38
6
You’ll Find Her Name Written There
3:12
7
Put Your Arms Around Me
3:17
8
Anticipation Blues
2:07
9
Blues Stay Away From Me
2:35
10
Philosophy
2:25
11
Mule Train
3:05
12
The Donkey Serenade
2:17
13
The Cry of the Wild Goose
3:13
14
My Hobby
2:32
15
I’ve Got the Feed ‘Em in the Mornin’ (Change ‘Em) Feed ’em in the Evenin’ Blues
2:23
16
Slow Down
2:30
17
I’ll Never Be Free
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Kay Starr
2:34
18
Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Kay Starr
2:39
19
The Lord’s Lariat
2:58
20
What This Country Needs (Is a Good Old Fashioned Talk With the Lord)
2:25
21
Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women
3:05
22
I Ain’t Gona Let It Happen No More
2:26
23
The Shotgun Boogie
2:35
24
The Blue Canadian Rockies
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Cliffie Stone
2:50
25
It’s the Talk of the Town
2:47
26
Cincinnati Dancing Pig
2:48
27
Leetle Juan Pedro
2:13
28
Tailor Made Woman
2:18
29
Stack‐O‐Lee
2:46
30
I’m a Bad Man
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Tex Williams
2:53
31
You Can Tell a Texan Everytime
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Tex Williams
2:16
32
The Strange Little Girl
2:57
33
Kentucky Waltz
2:59
CD 2
1
She’s My Baby
2:43
2
Mister and Mississippi
3:06
3
Christmas Dinner
2:53
4
A Rootin’ Tootin’ Santa Claus
0:49
5
Oceans of Tears
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Kay Starr
2:36
6
You’re My Sugar
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Kay Starr
2:35
7
Rock City Boogie
Tennessee Ernie Ford with The Dinning Sisters
2:11
8
Streamlined Cannonball
Tennessee Ernie Ford with The Dinning Sisters
2:57
9
Kissin’ Bug Boogie
Tennessee Ernie Ford with The Dinning Sisters
2:04
10
Woman Is a Five Letter Word
Tennessee Ernie Ford with The Dinning Sisters
2:46
11
Hey, Good Lookin’
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Helen O’Connell
2:04
12
Cool, Cool Kisses
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Helen O’Connell
2:18
13
Hambone
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Bucky Tibbs
1:52
14
The Gandy Dancer’s Ball
2:19
15
Everybody’s Got a Girl but Me
1:59
16
Fatback, Louisiana, USA
2:21
17
Snow Shoe Thompson
2:28
18
I’m Hog Tied Over You
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Ella Mae Morse
2:33
19
False Hearted Girl
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Ella Mae Morse
2:15
20
Tennessee Local
2:25
21
Blackberry Boogie
2:26
22
I Don’t Know
2:32
23
Sweet Temptation
2:37
24
Don’t Start Courtin’ in a Hot Rod
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Molly Bee
2:33
25
We’re A’ Growin’ Up
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Molly Bee
2:01
26
Hey! Mr Cotton Picker
2:19
27
Three Things (A Man Should Do)
3:01
28
Celebratin’
2:21
29
Kiss Me Big
2:19
CD 3
1
Catfish Boogie
2:18
2
This Must Be the Place!
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Betty Hutton
1:54
3
The Honeymoon’s Over
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Betty Hutton
1:53
4
There Is Beauty in Everything
3:02
5
Somebody Bigger Than You and I
2:32
6
Have You Seen Her
3:10
7
Give Me Your Word
3:09
8
River of No Return
2:31
9
Eins, Zwei, Drei
2:03
10
Losing You
2:51
11
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
2:55
12
Farewell
2:32
13
The Death Hug / The Ballad of Davy Crockett / A Sensible Varmint
6:36
14
Crockett’s Opinion of a Thunderstorm / Farewell
4:30
15
I Am a Pilgrim
3:17
16
His Hands
2:36
17
Sixteen Tons
2:36
18
You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry
2:12
19
Nine Pound Hammer
2:03
20
Trouble in Mind
2:16
21
That’s All
2:47
22
John Henry
2:54
23
Chicken Road
2:38
24
Dark as a Dungeon
2:47
25
I Gave My Love a Cherry
3:32
26
Gaily the Troubadour
1:58
27
The Rovin’ Gambler
2:13
28
The Last Letter
3:57
29
Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
3:10
CD 4
1
False Hearted Girl
2:22
2
In the Pines
2:50
3
Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women
2:25
4
The Rock, Roll Boogie
2:23
5
Call Me Darlin’, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear
2:32
6
First Born
2:10
7
Have You Seen Her
2:28
8
One Suit
2:04
9
The Watermelon Song
2:12
10
The Lonely Man
2:10
11
Blackberry Boogie
1:51
12
She’s My Baby
2:12
13
Kiss Me Big
2:12
14
Catfish Boogie
2:13
15
Smokey Mountain Boogie
2:17
16
Anticipation Blues
2:07
17
Shotgun Boogie
2:11
18
I’ve Got the Milk ’em in the Morning Blues
2:20
19
Ain’t Nobody’s Business Taylor but My Own
Tennessee Ernie Ford with Dorothy Gill
1:55
20
I Ain’t Gonna Let It Happen No More
2:26
21
Country Junction
2:10
22
The Lord’s Lariat
2:32
23
In the Middle of an Island
2:20
24
Ivy League
2:13
25
Down Deep
2:06
26
Bless Your Pea Pickin’ Heart
2:12
27
A‐Sleepin’ at the Foot of the Bed
2:06
28
Love Makes the World Go Round
2:27
29
Sunday Barbecue
2:19
30
Glad Rags
1:56
31
Toys for Tots (short version)
1:09
32
Toys for Tots (long version)
3:08
CD 5
1
Browns Ferry Blues
2:09
2
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
3:08
3
My Grandfather’s Clock
3:16
4
Code of the Mountains
3:13
5
Small World
2:32
6
Left My Gal in the Mountains
2:39
7
Blackeyed Susie
2:03
8
Pretty Little Pink
2:13
9
Look Down (That Lonesome Road)
2:58
10
Love Is the Only Thing
2:16
11
Darby’s Ram
1:46
12
Freight Train Blues
2:50
13
Barbara Allen
2:35
14
Twenty One Years
3:14
15
Old Blue
2:39
16
The Night Herding Song
2:43
17
Sunny Side of Heaven
2:40
18
Little Klinker
1:57
19
Jingle – The Brownie
2:03
20
Jealous Heart
3:35
21
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know
2:36
22
I Really Don’t Want to Know
2:41
23
Molly Darling
2:29
24
Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle
2:30
25
I Can’t Help It
2:29
26
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me
2:52
27
I Gotta Have My Baby Back
2:44
28
Bouquet of Roses
2:21
29
Cold, Cold Heart
3:28
30
I Love You So Much It Hurts
3:10
31
Half as Much
2:13